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Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...out why Ovid’s work is still so relevant today. You will meet characters from ancient myth like Actaeon the hunter who was turned into a stag, and Ta’aroa the ancient Pacific Islander god who lived in a shell. And you will discover how ancient stories still give us new ways of thinking about the modern world’s biggest questions...In an age where machines seem to be...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...out their wider relevance to concepts and ideas demonstrate developed literacy, numeracy, and digital and information literacy skills...Introducing ageing: 1 Thinking about your own ageing - We are all ageing from the moment we are born and most of us will be old one day. Particular events often make people suddenly aware of their own ageing – round number birthdays,...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...out about ‘how they do it’, the more inadequate our concepts of composition and improvisation become...Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective: 1.2 Different perspectives on the creation of music - If a simple division into composition and improvisation is not going to be adequate, particularly when considering music beyond the Western art...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
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Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...out, whether consuming or creating information. You'll be encouraged to reflect on your own situation and to apply what you learn to real-life scenarios, using a digital skills plan to keep a record of progress. In this video, the course is introduced by Open University Chancellor and digital literacy champion Martha Lane Fox. Martha discusses the importance of digital...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...out with your learners (or others). This work with learners will give you the opportunity to apply the DTR framework to your own teaching. But first, take a little time to reflect on your own feelings about your aims for this course. What do you want to work on with regard to the learning and teaching of mathematics and what is of most concern to you? Activity 1 will help...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Getting started with German 1
Languages

Getting started with German 1

...out. Listen to the greetings on Audio 3 and respond by using the same wording. If you wish, record yourself and then listen to your recording and compare it with the example given in the audio. Does it sound the same or very similar? If you are not quite happy with your first attempt, don’t worry, just try again. Bitte hören Sie und sprechen Sie. Guten Morgen! →...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Climate change: Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 A flooded field in on the Somerset Levels in the west of...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The Magic of Meteorites
Science, Maths & Technology

The Magic of Meteorites

...out where it came from and what it can tell us about the origin and history of the Solar System. Transcript Image/ footage attribution and thanks to: Video of fireball meteor CC BY-SA 4.0 from 28 February 2021 at 9:55PM: https://ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/ Meteorite in ice: © Katherine Joy / The University of Manchester https://ukantarcticmeteorites.wordpress.com/ Fireball...
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Article 10 mins